Action Item: Public comment on Nestle’s groundwater withdrawal

Nestle wants to double its current groundwater withdrawal from aquifers that feed Lake Michigan, from 250 gallons per minute to 400. They reached an agreement two-and-a-half years ago after a prolonged fight with environmental groups to keep their withdrawal rates to 150 gallons per minute– and now they already want to bump up their siphoning by 167%.

Interestingly, Nestle is able to drain all this water without being charged anything except a permitting fee and a lease to a private landowner, which Nestle more than makes up for with its $13 million tax breaks from the state*. Meanwhile, Flint residents are still being forced to pay for their poisoned water, and a huge proportion of Detroit residents are getting their water shut off because they cannot afford to pay their water bills.

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